Cigar-bunch machine.



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CIGAR BUNCH MACHINE.

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RICHARD A. BRIGHT, OF AUBURN, AND ALLEN J. COLWELL, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 CIGAR MACHINE CORPORATION OFAMERICA, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

CIGAR-BUNCH MACHINE.

Application filed May 14, 1910, Serial No. 561,481.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD A. BRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of Providence, in the State of RhodeIsland, and ALLEN J. CoLwELL, of the city of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have jointly invented new and useful Improvements inCigar- Bunch Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates more particularly to a machine for sizing thefillers and rolling the binders thereon and has for its object toimprove the means for feeding the fillers to the sizing and bindingmechanism.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 represents a front view of themachine. Fig. 2 represents a view of the right hand side of the same.Fig. 3 represents a rear view with the filler feeding box removed. Fig.A represents a top view of the machine. Fig. 5 represents a centralvertical section. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of the comb forfeeding the fillers forward. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail vertical sectionsshowing the feeding and bunch forming mechanism. Fig. 9 is a detailsection illustrating the movement of the comb for feeding the fillersforward. Fig. 10 is a detail side view showing the means for guidingcertain sliding members of the machine. Fig. 11 represents an axialsection of the frictional means employed for operating the mechanism forfeeding the fillers forward to the receiving chamber.

The improved machine for sizing the fillers and rolling the bindersthereon consists of a frame A in which is mounted a driving shaft B. Onthe driving shaft is a fixed driving pulley C and a loose pulley D.Extending parallel. with the driving shaft B is a clutch shaft E whichis driven from the driving shaft B by means of a pinion G and a gear H.Also parallel with the driving shaft B is a cam shaft I and this camshaft is driven from the clutch shaft E by a pinion J and a gear K.

The binders are placed in a box L, see Figs. 1 and A, on a piston orsupporting plate M. The binders are spread flat on this piston or plate.Means is provided for rais- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

Renewed September 24, 1915. Serial No. 52,535.

ing the piston or plate M so as to keep the stack of binderssubstantially even at the upper end with the top of the box, and thismeans consists of a rod N which supports the piston or plate M and aratchet tooth slide 0 which is fed upward by a pawl P which is pivotedto an arm Q attached to a rock shaft R, from which connection is made toan operating lever S by means of an arm T, connecting rod U and an armV, see Fig. 2. The rod N is attached at its lower end to a bracket whichin turn is attached to the tooth slide 0. The pawl WV which iscontrolled by the hand lever X serves to hold the piston or plate M inits various adjusted positions. by moving the lever S may raise theplate or piston M step by step, the pawl W dropping into one tooth afteranother to hold the plate in elevated position. By this means thebinders are made readily accessible to the operator.

The fillers from which the bunches are made are held in a removable boxA This box is supported by a shelf formed by two strips of angle iron F,F which are attached to the supporting frame. A number of boxes offillers may be placed on this angle iron support preparatory to theirbeing used to supply the place of an emptied box. Each box is providedat its bottom with an opening B over which is placed a loose plate O onwhich the fillers are placed. The loose plate C in each box is adaptedto be elevated as the fillers are removed so as to keep the top of thestack of the fillers substantially level with the top of the box. Forelevating the plates C there is a piston E which enters the opening B inthe bottom of the box and engages the under face of the plate C andserves as a support for raising the same. Said piston is carried byabracket D secured to a sliding bar F The sliding bar F is raised bymeans of a pawl L which is pivoted to an arm G which in turn is securedto a pivot rod H An arm I carried by the rod is connected to a link Jand the link is connected to a pedal lever K The feeding operator bymoving the pedal lever raises the arm G which through the pawl L raisesthe slide F the bracket D The operator mechanism.

' upright shaft X placed a friction disk B bevel gear Y 1 ing the spurroll R and through the piston E the plate C The ratchet tooth slide F isheld in its various elevated positions by means of a pawl I? whichis'connected to a hand lever J The purpose of the hand lever is torelease the pawl so that the piston may be lowered.

The prepared fillers are taken from the box A by the feeding in operatorand pushed forward over the table Q to the spur roll R which is rotatedfor drawing the fillers forward and forcing them into the throat S bymeans of a yielding driving This driving mechanism cons sts ofa spurgear T carried b the clutch shaft E, which spur gear mesies with a gearU 011 a stub shaft. A beveled gear V is attached to the stub shaftcarrying the gear U and this beveled gear meshes with a beveled gear Wupon thelower end of the At the upper end of this shaft is anoil chamberA within which is Said disk is loosely splined on the shaft C and ispresse'ddown by means of a spring D and nut E which are mounted on theshaft C This causes the faced surface of the friction disk B to contactwith a faced surface of a disk on the end of the shaft X or the lowerwall of the oil chamber. By adjusting the nut E the degree of frictiondesired between the friction surfaces may be obtained. The upper end ofthe shaft C is supported by a bracket F the bearing 9 of which is heldbetween the collars G and the hub of the i The bevel gear is attached tothe upper end of the shaft and engages a beveled gear'Z upon the end ofthe shaft A which carries the spur roll R Through this guidingmechanism, it will be apparent that the spur roll is yieldingly rotatedand the pressure of the spur roll on the filler as it feeds it forwardcan be varied by adjusting the nut E which increases, or decreases thefriction between the disk B and the wall of the oil chamber, dependingupon which way the nut E is turned. The fillers after leavare carriedforward to the receiving chamber by means of a feed ing and compressingcomb- D which is pro vided on its under face with two rows of downwardlyprojecting spurs a, a, with intermediate compressing surfaces It. Thiscomb passes through the spaces E E into the. throat S The feeding comb Dis attached to the vertical sliding end pieces F F which are connectedto each other by means of a tie-rod b so that the whole will constitutea rigid structure. The said end pieces F are adapted to slide up anddown in sliding bars G G which are connected together by means of a tierod 0. The sliding bars are held in guideways d, d, of the frame of themachine. The feeding and compressing comb D is reciprocated horizontallyby means of the slotted arm H and its operating cam on the cam shaft,while the up and down movements are unparted to said comb by means ofthe arm I and its operating cam. The tie rod b moves up'anddown in aslot 6 of the frame, From the above, it will be apparent that thefeeding cone has in effect four motions, a forward movement while inengagement with the filler compressing the same, an upward movement outof contact with the filler, a return movement and thence a downwardmovement into contact with the filler. The compressing surface of thecomb serves to compress the filler to a less thickness or depth thanwhen in its normal passage through'the throat S and this causes thefiller to readily enter the receiving chamber 7'. Through the operationof the spur roll and the feeding and compressing comb, the fillers arecompressed into the receiving chamber.

The fillers in the receiving chamber j are separated from the fillers inthe throat S so as to form the bunch by a knife J The knife J 2 issecured to the standard L by a pivot bolt f, and said knife is operatedby a cam M through a connecting rod N After the fillers in the receivingchamber have been severed from'the fillers in the throat, said receivingchamber is turned to discharging position so as to discharge the formedbunch on to a binder on the wrapping apron, and a plunger forming thebottom of the chamher is operated to discharge the bunch. This isaccomplished as follows :The sliding hook O is carried by a bar having arack 7 which engages a segment gear P on the rock shaft Q and this rockshaft is operated from a cam on the cam shaft I by means of a connectingrod R a lever S a connecting rod T and an arm U The bar supporting thehook slides in a guideway in the frame. The bar W 2 forms a carrierslidefor the member K and this member K contains the receiving chamber j. Thebar is mounted to oscillate in bearings it, see Fig. 1, and this bar isswung so as to move the receiving chamber to discharging position bymeans of a gear V attached to the projecting end 7' of the bar VV Asegment gear X meshes with the gear V An arm Y is connected to thesegment gear and this arm is oscillated by a rod Z which cooperates witha cam on the cam shaft, see Fig. 2. The gears H H engage the racks I, Iof the discharging plunger J 3 for the filler receiving chamber, andthese gears are actuated so as to hold the plunger retracted or in 1tsbackward position by means of spiral springs K K hen the receivingchamber is turned from the position shown in Fig. 8 to the positionshown in Fig. 7 the cross bar 6 on the plunger will enter the opening 70of the hook O and then the downward movement of the bar supporting thehook 0 through the oscillation of the segment P will effect a downwardmovement of the plunger against the upward resilient action of thesprings K, K When the receiving chamber is turned so as to disengage theplunger fro-m the hook O then the plunger will be drawn backward throughthe action of the springs K K and the receiving chamber is then ready toreceive another bunch of fillers.

The fillers in the receiving chamber are prevented from escaping duringthe swinging movement of the chamber by means of the curved guard m, seeFigs. 7 and 8. This guard is secured to the rock shaft lb and is thrownupward to the position shown in Fig. 8 by suitable spring means, and iscarried down to the position shown in Fig. 7 by means of the arm 0,secured to the outer end of the shaft n, and the arm 29 secured to theprojecting end of the shaft r of the bar W The apron for wrapping thebinder on the former bunch of fillers is of the usual construction anddescription thereof is not thought necessary.

The cigar bunches when properly bound, are discharged from the bindingmechanism to the endless belt L which is driven from the cam shaft I bymeans of the scored pulley M the idler pulleys N N the pulley and thebelt 1?.

The operation ofthe machine is thought to be obvious from the abovedescription. The binders are removed from the supporting box L and areplaced on the apron ready to receive the bunch of fillers whendischarged from the receiving chamber. The feeding in operator takes thefillers from the 'box A and feeds the same to the spur roll whichyieldingly feeds the fillers to the receiving throat S This spur roll isyieldingly driven and when the fillers have filled the throat and aresufliciently pressed therein, the rotation of the roll will cease. Thisspur roll, therefore serves as a means for conveying the fillers to thereceiving throat so that they will be uniformly pressed there in. Thefeeding and compressing comb engages the fillers in the throat andpresses and feeds the same along into the receiving chamber. As soon asthe receiving chamber is filled, the fillers therein are severed fromthe remaining fillers in the throat, after which the receiving chamberis swung to discharging position and the plunger is operated todischarge the bunch on to the binder on the wrapping apron, after whichthe receiving chamber is swung again to normal position for receivingthe fillers to form the next bunch.

We claim as our invention:

1. I11 a cigar bunch machine, the combination of a rotary spur roll forreceiving and feeding the fillers, means for operating said rollincluding a driving shaft having cooperating friction disks, an oilchamber surrounding said disks, means for yield ingly pressing saidfriction disks into engagement, and means for varying the pressure ofthe disks against each other.

2. In a cigar bunch machine, the combination of a rotary spur roll forreceiving and feeding the fillers, means for operating said rollincluding a driving shaft, said driving shaft being formed in sections,friction disks carried by the adjacent ends of said shaft, one of saiddisks being free to move longitudinally of the section supporting thesame, a spring surrounding said section of the shaft and forcing saiddisks into contact, said shaft being threaded, and a nut carried by saidthreaded shaft for varying the tension of the spring on the disks.

3. In a cigar bunch machine, the combination of a rotary spur roll forreceiving and feeding the fillers, means for operating said rollincluding a driving shaft, said.

driving shaft being formed in sections, friction disks carried by theadjacent ends of said shaft, one of said disks being free to movelongitudinally of the section supporting the same, a spring surroundingsaid section of the shaft and forcing said disks into contact, saidshaft being threaded, a nut carried by said threaded shaft for varyingthe tension of the spring on the disks, and an oil chamber surroundingsaid disks.

4. In a cigar bunch machine, the combination of a feeding comb havingspurs and intervening compressing surfaces, vertically sliding endpieces connected to said comb, horizontally sliding bars provided withguide ways for said end pieces, and means for vertically reciprocatingsaid end pieces and for horizontally sliding said bars.

5. In a cigar bunch machine, the combination of the spur roll forfeeding the fillers forward, the bars which form the throat throughwhich the fillers are forced by the action of the spur roll, thereceiving chamber, and the feeding comb adapted for compressing thefillers vertically preparatory to their entrance into the receivingchamber.

6. In a cigar bunch machine, the combination of a table, bars locatedabove said table and forming a receiving throat, means for feeding thefillers through said throat to the receiving chamber including a spurroll, and a feeding comb adapted for compressing the fillers vertically,preparatory to the delivering of the same to the receiving chamber.

7. In a cigar bunch machine, the combination of a table, bars locatedabove said table and forming a receiving throat, means for feeding thefillers through said throat to the receiving chamber including a spurroll, a feeding comb adapted for compressing the fillers vertically,preparatory to the delivering of the same to the receiving chamber, andmeans for yieldingly' driving said spur roll;

,8. In a cigar bunch machine, the combinationvof a table, bars locatedabove said table and forming a receiving throat, means for feeding thefillers through said throat to the receiting-chamber including a spurroll, a feeding comb adapted for compressing the fillers vertically,preparatory to the delivering of the same to the receiving chamber, andmeans for moving said comb vertically and horizontally for compressingand delivering the fillers.

9. In a cigar bunch'machine, the combi- ,0 opies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the nation of a table, barslocated above said table and forming a receiving throat, means forfeeding the fillers through said throat to the receiving chamberincluding a spur roll, a feeding comb adapted for compressing thefillers vertically preparatory to the delivering of the same to thereceiving chamber, means for moving said comb vertically andhorizontally for compressing and delivering the fillers, and means foryieldingly driving said spur roll.

RICHARD A. BRIGHT. ALLEN J. COLVELL. VVit-nesses:

SOCRATES SGHOLFIELD, HOWARD A. LAMPREY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

